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Cain, Timothy J.; Branin, Joseph J.; Sherman, W. Michael – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
Universities and colleges generate extraordinary quantities of knowledge and innovation, but in many ways the academy struggles to keep pace with the digital revolution. Growing pressures are reshaping how universities must do business--students expecting enhanced access and support, administrators eager to make data-driven strategic decisions,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Knowledge Management, Educational Technology, Internet
Gammisch, Susan – Sea World, 1978
The operation of the Marine Education Materials System (MEMS) is described. (CP)
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing, Oceanography
UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1981
Describes the activities of Unesco's General Information Programme in the promotion, creation, promulgation, and updating of standards for information work throughout the international community, and introduces five articles dealing with various aspects of this program. (RAA)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing
Weisman, Herman M. – 1973
It is necessary to distinguish the functions, services and products of various types of information services. For example, document centers, clearinghouses, referral centers, and special libraries deal mainly with information in a broad sense. The main function of information analysis centers, however, is to optimize the ratio of knowledge to…
Descriptors: Definitions, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks

Chun, Ki-Tack; And Others – American Psychologist, 1973
Information overproduction and the lack of an adequate system for its storage and retrieval have frustrated integrative efforts and hindered orderly progress in the area of psychological testing. Describes a prototype repository system to handle and service the mass of information produced. (Authors)
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Processing
Work, Jane – Secondary School Theatre Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing, Information Storage
International Organization for Standardization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1974
Many international standards have been developed to aid information transfer and feedback, but they must be updated and promoted. International Organization for Standards (ISO) technical committees dealing with terminology, documentation, and information processing have several programs designed to meet this need. Catalogs, indexes, and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Computers, Data Collection, Information Dissemination

Veith, Richard H. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
Summarizes what has been suggested so far with regard to the social, political, and economic consequences of transborder data flows involved in the linking of computerized information processing networks. (FM)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing
International Council of Scientific Unions, Paris (France). – 1967
The data used for this report was prepared mainly from correspondence as described in the introduction, Chapter I. The manufacture, distribution and processing of original scientific information today is considered in Chapter II. This Chapter is devoted to the tasks of establishing precise definitions of the vocabulary used in the field (e.g.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing
Zisa, Charles – 1969
In order to investigate the role meetings play in the dissemination of information in the language sciences, a questionnaire was devised to be sent to the participants in selected professional meetings. The responses from the participants in each meeting were to be analyzed to obtain a composite picture of the viewpoints represented, and the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Science Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
International organizations concerned with information handling are working toward the adoption of compatible procedures and the eventual development of information networks capable of identifying and retrieving any published information from any country. Canada depends heavily on foreign information and technology, and uses various foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Processing
Meaney, John W. – 1970
A mixed media network for information interchange is what we are always likely to have. Amid the current permutations of the storage and distribution media we see the emergence of two trends -- toward the common denominators of electronic display on the TV system and of digital processing and control. The economic implications of a mixed network…
Descriptors: Conferences, Data Processing, Digital Computers, Information Dissemination
Fife, Jonathan D. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1977
The article examines goals of information systems and basic areas that must be considered before an information system is established. The ERIC system is described as an example. Administrative organization, information processing, and problems of the system are discussed. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Information Centers
Woodard, Samuel L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Describes Project Information Exchange, a developing information service to help Philadelphia educators share information about instructional projects, curricula, materials, and resources. (JF)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Information Dissemination

Terrant, Seldon W. – Chemical and Engineering News, 1983
Discusses efforts to provide new services that publish information more rapidly, provide faster/easier access to information already published, and package information in forms that are used more easily and efficiently. Considers primary information, electronic publishing (including benefits/problems), secondary (indexing/abstracting) information…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education